The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie)
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie stars (left to right) Delphine Seyrig, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Bulle Ogier, Milena Vukotic, Paul Frankeur, Stéphane Audran, and Fernando Rey.
Stéphane Audran in The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Delphine Seyrig and Fernando Rey in The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie)
Directed by Luis Buñuel
(France/Italy/Spain, 1972, 4K digital restoration, in French, Spanish, and Latin with English subtitles)
50th Anniversary Digital Restoration
“One of the finest satires in modern cinema”
—Wall Street Journal
Luis Buñuel’s wittiest film, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie centers on six friends from the French middle class attempting to gather for dinner. But when the friends (Stéphane Audran, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Paul Frankeur, Bulle Ogier, Fernando Rey, and Delphine Seyrig) learn they are mistaken about the date, the surreal fantasy repeatedly shows the bourgeois group meeting for a dinner that never quite arrives.
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The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie)
Directed by Luis Buñuel
(France/Italy/Spain, 1972, 102 minutes)
Brown Auditorium Theater